Hammock-support



Patented Apr. 30, 1889.

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H. E. COLLINS HAMMOGK SUPPORT.

No.- 40Z,307.

UNITED ST TES PATENT OFFICE.

HORATIO E. ooLLINs, on DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

UHAMMOCK-YSUPPORT.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 402,307, dated April30, 1889.

Application filed July 16, 1888. fierial No. 280,036. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HORATIO E. COLLINS, of Detroit, in the county ofWayne and State of Michigan, have invented a new and ImprovedHammock-Support, of which the fol lowing is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to an improvement in hammock-supports, and hasfor its object to provide a hammock support which may be readily mountedin place and horizontally adjusted when in position, and from which thehammock and an awning may be readily debroken away, of the centralsupport for the frame. Fig. 4 is a View in vertical section, withpartsbroken away, of one of the upper ends of the hammock-frame. Fig. 5 is anend view thereof in elevation, with parts broken away and in section;and Fig. 6 is a detail view of an adjustable shelf 011 the frame,looking from beneath.

In the construction of this invention a centrally-pivoted frame isprovided, consisting of the' curved arms 1, preferably formed ofgas-pipe, and connected at their lower ends by square socket 2 tocorrespondingly-sh'aped projections 3 on a casting, 4, having a socket,5.

Thcupper ends of the curved arms 1 project into vertical slecves'6, theupper end of the sleeves 6 being formed integral with a horizontalU-shaped sleeve or socket, 8. The

sleeve is provided with a hammock-hook, 9. The sleeves 6 are secured toarms 1 by screws 10, passing through the bottom of sockets S into woodenplugs 7 in the ends of the arms 1.

The arms 1 are braced bymeans of a tubular 'rod, 11, having its endsresting in the sockets 8, and secured thereto by means of the ing from aplate, 17, having a downwardlyprojecting spike, 18,which may be driveninto the ground or other suitable foundation, the pin 16 projecting intothe socket 5 of casting 4. With this construction the hammock may extendin any horizontal direction desired by turning the hammock frame orsupport on its pivot. The pivot-pin may be located wherever desired, thespike 18, which is of a size to afford a strong support, being readilydriven into the ground and permitted to remain there, while the frame orsupport may be removed and stowed away when not required for use.

The plate 17 also afiords asupport to prevent the spike 18 from tippingover or sagging in the ground. I-Iammockcords are not required, as therings 19 of the hammock 20 may be readily attached to the hammock-hooks9.

In order to readily attach and detach an awning, T-shaped brackets 21are employed, having a sleeve, 22, through which pass the curvedsupporting-rods 23 of an awning, 24., the T shaped brackets beingattached to sockets 8 by their bent tapering ends 25 lying therein andengaging the open ends 26 of the brace-rod 11, thereby forming a jointwhich prevents the brackets 21 from accidentally turning. The brackets21 may be tilted, so as to incline the awning over one side-of thehammock or the other, and Will be held by friction. In order to providea rest for a hat, book, or papers, &c., a shelf, 27, is provided,consisting of an open-work frame, as here shown, or of other suitableshape, suspended from rod 11 by hangers 28, so as to be slid thereon,and thus permitted to be adjusted to any position on the rod above thehammock desired.

By means of this invention it will be seen that a hammock frame orsupport is provided which can be readily set up in any spot desired andremoved, can be adjusted to any horizontal position preferred withregard to sun, breezes, or outlook, may be readily taken apart andpacked up, and will be Very serw iceable.

It is obvious that the parts may be con nected together and varied inform otherwise than in the specific manner described, and hence I do notdesire to confine myself to the specific construction set forth.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent-- 1. The combination, with the curved framehaving a central vertical socket on its lower side and hammock-attachingdevices at its upper ends, of the spike 18, having a support--ing-plate, 17, and a pivot-pin, 16, entering said socket, substantiallyas set forth.

2. The C0l11bil1tti0l1,With the casting 4, having opposite sideprojections, 3, and a vertical intermediate socket, 5, of the curvedarms 1 1, having sockets at their lower ends receiving said projections,hammock-attaching devices at their upper ends, a brace-rod connectingsaid upper ends, and a pivot entering said socket, substantially as setforth.

3. The combination, with the hammockframe having socket-pieces on itsends open on their upper sides and having slots extending from their topedges downward, of a bracerod having its ends inserted into thesocketpieces from above and provided with side projections entering saidslots at the same time.

4. The combinatiomwith the hammock having sleeves on its upper ends,provided with hammock-supporting hooks on their adjacent sides, andhorizontal socket-pieces open on their upper sides and having transverseslots through their sides, of the brace-rod inserted at its ends intosaid sockets from above, and having transverse projections entering saidslots at the same time, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, with the hammockframe, of the sleeves 6 on the upperends of said frame, formed with horizontally-aligned socket-pieces 8 onthe upper ends, having transverse slots 14:, the tubular brace-rod l1,resting at its ends in said socket-pieces and provided with transverseprojections 12, resting on said slots, the brackets 21, havingupwardly-projecting ends entering the opposite ends of the tubular bracerod within the socket-pieces, and the canopy-frame secured to saidbrackets, substantially as set forth,

6. The combination,with the canopy-frame and the transverse curved rods23 at the ends thereof, of the angular supporting-brackets 21, havingtransverse sleeves 22 on the upper ends of their vertical members,through which the said rods pass, the horizontal members or arms of thebrackets forming their attaching means, substantially as set forth.

HORATIO E. COLLINS.

Witnesses:

WALTER FOWLER, HUBERT BROSSARD.

